Table 7. Some commonly used oil sources and their fatty acid profiles (%) | |||||||||||||
Fatty acid | Menhaden | Herring | Mackerel | Capelin | Salmon | Sardine | Anchovy� | Palm | Rape | Soya | Olive | Linseed� | Camelina |
14:00 | 12.6 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 7.6 | |||||||||
16:00 | 21.8 | 14.8 | 15.9 | 8.8 | 13.5 | 16.2 | 19.5 | 61 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 5.9 |
18:00 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 3 | 3.5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2.2 | |||
Saturates | 37.3 | 22.4 | 15.9 | 8.8 | 22.2 | 27.3 | 19.5 | 66 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 8.1 |
16:1n-7 | 14.5 | 7.2 | 9.1 | 16.3 | 4.9 | 9.2 | 9.1 | Traces | Traces | Traces | 2 | Traces | |
18:1n-9 | 16.8 | 12.3 | 8.6 | 4.4 | 16.8 | 11.4 | 12.9 | 26 | 60 | 22 | 69 | 18 | 10.2 |
20:1n-9 | 1.9 | 15.8 | 11.9 | 17.5 | 9.8 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 15.5 | |||||
22:1n-11 | 0.6 | 22.6 | 13.9 | 19.6 | 12.9 | 3.6 | 1.7 | ||||||
Monoenes | 33.8 | 57.9 | 43.5 | 57.8 | 44.4 | 27.4 | 26.4 | 26 | 60 | 22 | 71 | 18 | 25.7 |
18:2n-6 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 7 | 21 | 54 | 12 | 17 | 17.8 |
18:3n-3 | 1.1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 54 | 38.7 | |||||||
18:4n-3 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1 | 2 | 1.8 | ||||||
20:5n-3 (EPA) 1 | 13 | 2.9 | 7.6 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 16.9 | 18.2 | ||||||
22:6n-3 (DHA) 1 | 8.2 | 2.7 | 7.7 | 2.7 | 10.4 | 12.9 | 10.9 | ||||||
EPA + DHA | 21.2 | 5.6 | 15.3 | 12.1 | 13.2 | 29.8 | 29.1 | ||||||
EPA = eicasopentanoic acid; DHA= docosahexanoic acid | |||||||||||||